How to Prepare Homemade Chicken Ballotine

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken ballotine. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Lay the chicken skin side down on the work surface and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Spread the cool rice or spinach mixture evenly over the chicken. This typical French preparation involves deboning a whole chicken then stuffing and rolling it before cooking. We're not going to lie: the process takes some knife skills, but with a little time and patience you'll be happy you gave it a whirl.

Chicken Ballotine is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Chicken Ballotine is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken ballotine using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Ballotine:

1. Prepare 1 Chicken Breast (with skin, butterflied)
2. Prepare 1 Whole Chicken Leg (deboned, with skin)
3. Take [Filling]
4. Make ready 2 pc Breakfast Strips (e.g. bacon)
5. Take 50 g Spinach
6. Get 50 g Mozzarella
7. Make ready 20 g Garlic (minced)
8. Prepare 1 pinch Salt
9. Take 1 pinch Black Pepper
10. Get 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
11. Prepare [Other Necessities]
12. Get as needed Cling Wrap (good ones like Glad)
13. Make ready as needed Salt
14. Prepare as needed Black or White Pepper (for season)
15. Get as needed Cooking Oil (for searing)
16. Make ready [Optional]
17. Take 4 pc Breakfast Strips (to wrap Chicken Breast)

Chicken ballotine is the 'restaurant style' dish that's crazy simple to make. This recipe is different to your usual stuffed chicken- when sliced, the perfect cross section will really make an impact on your eyeballs and tastebuds as you eat. Whack it out next time you need to cook a fancy dinner. With your rolling pin, bash the chicken breasts until they're about half an inch thick and have spread out a lot larger than they were.

Steps to make Chicken Ballotine:

1. PREP CHICKEN: butterfly the Chicken Breast by firstly creating an incision with your knife starting from the thickest part. Once you made the incision, open up the Breast and gently pull the meat back as you continue to run your knife. Stop once the Breast thins out. Don't cut all the way through.
2. HAMMER: Lay the Chicken flat and flatten them out into a uniform thickness.
3. MARINADE: season both sides of the Chicken with Salt and Pepper. Set aside.
4. FILLING: heat 1 Tbsp of Olive Oil in a hot pan. Fry the Garlic until fragrant and then add the Spinach, Salt and Pepper. Cook until the Spinach has wilted, then remove, set aside and let it cool.
5. PREP ROLL: lay a sheet of Cling Wrap over a flat surface. Place the Chicken on the Cling Wrap. Then, lay one Breakfast Strip and top it off with Mozzarella and the Spinach Filling. Don't fill too much. With the Chicken Breast, line Breakfast Strips in a row on the Cling Wrap before you place the Chicken.
6. ROLL: then, roll the Chicken as close and as tight as you can without spilling the Filling. Once the Chicken is rolled, wrap the Ballotine with the Cling Wrap. Tie of the ends, making sure they are close, tight and secure. Do this twice more to prevent punctures and leaks.
7. POACH: bring a pot of water to a simmer or scalding and then put in the Ballotine. Poach for 30 minutes. After that, lift the Ballotine into a bowl. With a knife, pierce the Cling Wrap to drain any liquid. Discard the Cling Wrap.
8. SEARING: heat 2-3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil in a hot pan. With a pair of tongs, sear the surface of the Ballotine to until brown. I serve this with Sweet Tamarind Sauce.

Whack it out next time you need to cook a fancy dinner. With your rolling pin, bash the chicken breasts until they're about half an inch thick and have spread out a lot larger than they were. Chicken ballotine is the roasted version of chicken galantine. The galantine is poached and is served cold. I like the idea of a hot, boneless, roasted, and stuffed chicken better, so I was very anxious to make this one.

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